After Tigers score with 12 seconds left, Lions' Hail Mary ends short of end zone

1:27 AM,
Oct. 26, 2013

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Written by

Bryan DeArdo
Eagle-Gazette Correspondent

On the final play of Friday's game, Liberty Union running back Jacob Basso was inches from the end zone, his head down in defeat.

Trailing 20-14, the Lions' desperation heave from Circleville's 38-yard line was caught by Basso, but he was ruled down just short of the goal line. The play almost completed a remarkable comeback after the Tigers scored the deciding touchdown on a 4-yard pass from senior quarterback David Burroughs to sophomore receiver Justin Hill with 12 seconds left in the game.

The Lions began the day in a four-way tie for first place in the Mid-State League-Buckeye Division, ...